What are the facial tumors?

There are bone and soft tissues in the maxillofacial region, and the organs of the maxillofacial region include the oral cavity, salivary glands, and temporomandibular joints. The following types of maxillofacial tumors are common: 1. Odontogenic tumors. Tumors of the jaw bone formed during the development of teeth. Benign ones include enamel cell tumor, odontogenic adenoma, odontogenic calcified epithelioma, odontogenic calcified cyst, true dental osteoma, odontogenic fibroma, odontogenic mucinous tumor, composite odontoma, combined odontoma, etc. Malignant ones include enamel-forming cell carcinoma, enamel-forming cell fibrosarcoma, etc. 2.Tumors of general tissue origin. The benign ones are papilloma, salivary gland mixed tumor, fibroma, lipoma, mucinous tumor, chondrosarcoma, osteoma, fibroid osteoma, hemangioma, lymphangioleioma, neurofibroma, nerve sheath tumor, etc. The malignant ones are squamous cell carcinoma, basal cell carcinoma, adenocarcinoma, adenoid cystic carcinoma, papillary cystic carcinoma, mucinous epidermis-like carcinoma, fibrosarcoma, osteosarcoma, malignant lymphoma, melanoma, neurofibrosarcoma, rhabdomyosarcoma, etc. sarcoma, etc. Surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, immunotherapy and Chinese herbal medicine are the main treatments. 3. Maxillofacial cysts. Odontogenic cysts include root-end cysts, tooth-containing cysts and keratotic cysts; developmental abnormal cysts include median cysts, nasopalatine cysts, bulbous maxillary cysts, nasolabial cysts, metacarpal cysts, dermatomal cysts and cheek cleft cysts; retention cysts include sublingual gland cysts and mucous gland cysts. Jaw cysts show chronic jaw expansion, thinning and resorption of bone cortex and softening, cystic feeling, painless, can be secondary to infection, radiographically visible jaw expansion with translucent areas, their borders are rounded and smooth, with white lines and changes in teeth. Surgical removal of the cyst is the main focus, and the source of the disease should also be treated.